Buddhist vinaya abridgements such as

Pini xin

毗尼心，

Sifenlü xiaochao

四分律小抄，

Lüe chao

略抄，

Za chao

杂抄came out one after another in the Tang Dynasty. These texts have new developments compared with those of the Six Dynasties. Firstly，in terms of thoughts，it has developed from

Sibu lüchao

四部律抄featuring “summarizing all the vinaya texts” to

Sifenlü chao

四分律抄which only followed

the

Sifen lü

四分律.Secondly，influenced by the tradition of Buddhist commentaries，the form of the text was presented with “itemization”.

Daoxuan’s

道宣

Sifenlü shanfanbuqüe xingshichao

四分律删繁补阙行事钞in Tang Dynasty was also deeply influenced by Six Dynasties’ Vinaya abridgements. These vinaya documents of the Tang Dynasty reflect the fusion of the two major traditions of “vinaya commentary” and “vinaya abridgement”，showing us a transition of Indian Buddhist monastic discipline to the practice of Buddhist precepts in China.